Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Artibeus anderseni compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Artibeus	Ceratophyllum
Species	Artibeus anderseni	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat

The Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus anderseni) is a species in the genus Artibeus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.